UK IP-backed lending plan could help game studios

Ukie has welcomed the UK government’s IP-backed lending plans, and for games studios this could become more meaningful than it sounds. The scheme is expected to support more businesses by helping them borrow against intellectual property, which matters in games because IP can be the most valuable thing a studio owns before revenue really arrives.

Mobile studios often live in the awkward middle: promising product, expensive user acquisition, difficult cash flow and no guarantee that a publisher deal will be friendly. Better financing tools could help teams keep ownership, scale production or survive the long gap between idea and launch. It is not as exciting as a trailer, but money keeps trailers alive.